Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130481 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 15-138/III
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We introduce a new estimation framework which extends the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to settings where a subset of the parameters vary over time with unknown dynamics. To filter out the dynamic path of the time-varying parameter, we approximate the dynamics by an autoregressive process driven by the score of the local GMM criterion function. Our approach is completely observation driven, rendering estimation and inference straightforward. It provides a unified framework for modeling parameter instability in a context where the model and its parameters are only specified through (conditional) moment conditions, thus generalizing approaches built on fully specified parametric models. We provide examples of increasing complexity to highlight the advantages of our method.
Subjects: 
dynamic models
time-varying parameters
generalized method of moments
non-linearity
JEL: 
C10
C22
C32
C51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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